Double Bass I need help ASAP!!! | Let It Snow Jazz Bass line notes

[Hope Fujisakiq]

I'm performing Let It Snow for my school but I can't find my sheet music anywhere (I know it was really stupid of me to lose it). I really need a bass line to match Frank Sinatra's version specifically like in this video:
But I can't play by ear very well.
Can somebody please help me?! I won't be able to perform otherwise which would really suck!
(By the way I just finished grade 1 if that helps)
(Also, sorry if this is the wrong section to be posting this in)

 

[Sam Dingle]

Your teacher should have the music as a backup. Do you need this exact recording?

 

[Schlyder]

What I am hearing in the video is a "Rhythm Changes" tune.
I hear I vi ii V iii vi ii V , and I bii ii V iii vi ii V , A sections.... with iii vi ii V bridge sections.
Key is D Major.

 

[SAlcott]

It's not Rhythm Changes. Google the song title-there are a lot of lyrics w/ chords links-most are very basic, but will get you started.

 

[Schlyder]

It's not Rhythm Changes. Google the song title-there are a lot of lyrics w/ chords links-most are very basic, but will get you started.

well I sure as hell can hear it all over the place through the middle section of the video... did you listen to the whole video?

 

[Schlyder]

let it snow, frank sinatra lead sheet. - Google Search

 

[SAlcott]

The section you're hearing as rhythm changes is most likely an interpolation of what I assume is the verse as a little interlude, a fairly standard practice in big band/karaoke vocal arrangements. I've only been playing this tune for about 40 years. Here's a version from a quick search:

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[Schlyder]

The section you're hearing as rhythm changes is most likely an interpolation of what I assume is the verse as a little interlude, a fairly standard practice in big band/karaoke vocal arrangements. I've only been playing this tune for about 40 years. Here's a version from a quick search:

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Yes, I am hearing a bunch of subs in there for sure. LOL. That chart isn't going to help him much with the Sinatra version.

 

[Schlyder]

OP... to get a simplified feel for how the A section moves, try this in quarter notes.... | DD AA | DD AA | BB EE | AAAA | AA EE | AA EE | AA F#F# | DDDD |
now see if you can do the same for the bridge section... then from there, try expanding it to more flowing walking lines, instead of a 1-5 type bass line.

 

[SAlcott]

OK-Here's a simple bass line based on the correct changes; these are quarter notes:

"A" section 1st time: DDAA DDAG F#F# FF EEAA EEBB EEBE AAEA DDAA
2nd time: DDAA DDAG F#F# FF EEAA EEBB EEBE AAEA DDC#B
Bridge: DDAA AAA#A# BBEE AEF#G# AC#EE AC#EA BBEE AABC#
DDAA DDAG F#F# FF EEAA EEBB EEBE AABC# D---

OP-you'll have to get the sheet music for the verse/interlude if you're doing the karaoke version.
Here's a link Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! or ask your teacher for help. Don't be embarrassed you lost your music-it happens to everyone.

 

[thunderkyss]

What I am hearing in the video is a "Rhythm Changes" tune.
I hear I vi ii V iii vi ii V , and I bii ii V iii vi ii V , A sections.... with iii vi ii V bridge sections.
Key is D Major.

Ear training questions

Is that what you're thinking as you listen? I vi ii V... etc. or are you thinking Root, submediant, supertonic, dominant... or some kind of combination? Maybe A, Fm, Bm, E?

 

[Schlyder]

yeah when I am transcribing a new tune... before I even grab the bass.. I am listening for common chord progressions... and kind of building the map of the chart in my head... then I pick up the bass... determine the key... and then away we go..
I always use roman numerical chord functions or the actual chord name. I am never thinking using submediant, supertonic etc.

 

[SAlcott]

I listen once or twice through for form, keeping an ear on root movement. If I don't have a pitch reference handy, I either use Nashville numbers(if it's simple) or chord symbols in an arbitrarily chosen key.